Ellie Leeprofessor of family and parenting research, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies

Loretta Leesprofessor of Human Geography, University of Leicester; PI, Gentriﬁcation, displacement, and the impacts of council estate renewal in C21st London

Philippe Legrainfounder, Open Political Economy Network (OPEN); author, Aftershock: reshaping the world economy after the crisis and Immigrants: your country needs them; former special adviser to World Trade Organisation

Dr Donncha Marronlecturer in sociology, Abertay University

Beverley MarshallAOI Parents Forum; working mum of three teenage children

Yaron Matrasprofessor of linguistics, University of Manchester

Márton Matyasovszky-Némethpart-time legal adviser; phd student, Centre for Law and Society, Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; board member, Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists

Simon McKeonarchivist; 20 years experience of working in local authority culture departments

Professor Keith McLaypro vice-chancellor/dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Education, University of Derby; author, Reassesing the British Way in Warfare: strategy and tactics during the reigns of William and Anne

Dr Michael Owenscommercial director, Bow Arts Trust; owner, London Urban Visits; formerly, head of development policy, London Development Agency

Dr James Pantonhead of upper sixth and head of politics, Magdalen College School; associate professor of philosophy, Open University; co-editor, From Self to Selfie: a critique of contemporary forms of alienation

Max Sandersonaudio producer, Guardian

Dr Andreza De Souza Santosdirector, Brazilian Studies Programme and lecturer of Political Economy in Latin America, University of Oxford; author, The Politics of Urban Cultural Heritage: contestations and participation in Brazil

Helen Scalesbroadcaster; marine biologist; author, Spirals in Time

Professor Frank Schimmelfennigprofessor of European politics, ETH Zurich; director, Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH and the University of Zurich; author, The EU, NATO and the Integration of Europe. Rules and Rhetoric

Andy Shawco-founder, Comedy Unleashed

Lionel Shriveraward-winning novelist; novels include, We Need to Talk About Kevin (2005 Orange prize winner), The Mandibles: a family, 2029 – 2047 and The Post-Birthday World; her first short story collection, Property, was published this year

Dr Stuart Waitonsenior lecturer, sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Scared of the Kids: curfews crime and the regulation of young people

Sophie Walkerleader, Women's Equality Party

Professor Dr Stefanie Walterprofessor, international relations and political economy, department of political science, University of Zurich; author, Financial Crises and the Politics of Macroeconomic Adjustments

Dr Linda Yueheconomist at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and London Business School; author, The Great Economists

Dr Kevin Yuillsenior lecturer in American history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization and The Second Amendment and Gun Control: freedom, fear, and the American constitution